Zbigniew Brzezinski reflects a popular worldview of Americans

Posted on June 30, 2009 by Pavan Gupta

The former US national security adviser in the Carter administration, Zbigniew Brzezinski, truly represents the single-track world-view of the American people. His foreign policy views on Charlie Rose Show last night were reasonably reflective of the popular opinion in America, however ill-informed! His views on Iran are in line with the Barack Obama administration which [...]

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China is emerging as a major “loudmouth” of Asia

Posted on June 25, 2009 by Pavan Gupta

China would never match the erstwhile Soviet Union; forget about emerging as a world-power. The United States of America always needs a rival to compare its prowess and for that reason they first hype-up a potential adversary and then go all out and demolish it. China is too dumb to understand this simple superpower game. [...]

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Thomas Friedman is a smart man, but misinformed!

Posted on June 24, 2009 by Pavan Gupta

Tom Friedman wrote an editorial this morning in the New York Times titled, The Green Revolution(s), on the Iranian crisis. The point that Friedman is trying to make is that the autocracies like Iran are sustained because of petro dollars. He believes that if America stops consuming the Middle East oil, the theocracies of the [...]

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Iran is unlikely to plunge into a civil war

Posted on June 23, 2009 by Pavan Gupta

The fight in Iran is between Islam v/s Islam, it is a family feud. The west and the rest of the world is nothing more than silent spectators. Their values are in line with the rest of the Muslim world but not with the world. Neither side is either progressive or conservative, they are both [...]

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The star-power of Hillary Rodham Clinton!

Posted on June 22, 2009 by Pavan Gupta

When Hillary Rodham Clinton was nominated as the 67th United States Secretary of State, I was extremely skeptical of the whole idea. Since then I have not only moderated my views but have started to see some virtues in the whole concept. The United States Department of State has traditionally been under represented and under [...]

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